Change in nitrite conversion direction from oxidation to reduction in heterotrophic bacteria depending on the aeration conditions

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-52

  Sakai, Kenji ^a   Nakamura, Kazuhiko ^a   Wakayama, Mamoru ^a   Moriguchi, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Heterotrophic nitrification; Nitrite oxidation; Oxygen absorption rate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; DENITRIFICATION; METABOLISM; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; REDUCTION;

BACILLUS BADIUS; HETEROTROPHIC NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; OXYGEN ABSORPTION RATE; PSEUDOMONAS PAVONACEAE;

BIOCONVERSION;

AERATION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DENITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACILLUS BADIUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PAVONACEAE;

EID: 0030865893     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)82785-7     Document Type: Article

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